Strolling In And Around My Head

Well we stayed in San Francisco a few nights and checked out some great places to eat like The Original Joes and In & Out Burger. We made it to Alcatraz and toured around the buildings. When we headed out we went through the gift store and saw a guy, William Baker, that spent 50 years of his life in and out of jail. He spent 4 years locked up in Alcatraz. Old man that sat in his chair signing a book he wrote. Allison took this photo of Tam and I. We were holding eat other and trying to stay in the water for a few seconds. The water had to be 40 degrees and would take your breath away. I asked the cable car operator to smile. He did. What fun.  Kids held on to the side of the cable car all the up to the center of San Fran.

Map of Kiawah Island near Charleston SC. Photo of the beach on the island. Photo from the beach. Picture of Tamara's $11 beer. Picture of my beer. Yes that is right, she drank the whole beer. One of the trees in the front yard of a house on the beach. BEAUTIFUL. We were biking down one of the trails near the golf course and what did we see. You tell me. We noticed another one in the lake across from this one.

Lunch with Patti and Jim at Fleet on the water. great service and food was good too. I had the fish and red rice and sausage. It was a good lunch with the family. Patti and Jim Tam, Robert, Allison and myself. We were able to watch some of the ships go by as we ate. Best place we toured. :-) You can adopted cats you play with at a wine bar in downtown Charleston. Photos of Charleston.

While in Charleston I highly recommend you tour the USS Yorktown. The Yorktown was the tenth aircraft carrier to serve the US. She started service on April 15, 1943 and was deep in WWII then switched to jet aircraft and then once again changed to become a anti-submarine aircraft carrier. She served during the Vietnam war from 1965 to 1968 and then picked up the Apollo 8 astronauts and capsule. The Yorktown was decommissioned in 1970. She now serves again as a tour stop for people who would like to see what it was like on a 27,000 ton ship. We watched a regatta from multiple colleges from the deck of the Yorktown. This ship was so big and the sailboats were so small. From the ship you can see the beautiful bridge in the distance.